Film still: Dries
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DRIES
An intimate portrait of the Fashion Designer Dries Van Noten. This film offers an insight into the life, mind and creative heart of a Master Fashion Designer who, for more than 25 years, has remained independent in a landscape of fashion consolidation and globalization. Reiner Holzemer follows him for one year and witnesses the creation of four collections.
Documentary, 90 | 52 min. (2016)
A RH Film, co-produced by Aminata Productions and RTBF, Télévision belge, in association with ARTE G.E.I.E. - VRT - Canvas.
Language versions: English, German, French, Flemish.
Supported by Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern and VOO.
FESTIVAL INVITATIONS
2017
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen (World premiere)
Denmark
2017
Docville, Leuven
Belgium
2017
Moritz Feed Dog, Barcelona
Spain
2017
Int. Dok Film Festival Munich (German premiere)
Germany
2017
DocAviv, Tel Aviv
Israel
2017
Sydney Film Festival
Australia
2017
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
England
2017
AFI Silverdocs
United States
PRESS
"'Dries' is fashion's latest must-see documentary."
Dazed
Vogue US
11.10.2017
Dries premiere US
Dries Van Noten and Bergdorf Goodman Debut Dries to America's Fashion Elite
Paper Magazine
30.03.2017
10 Fashion Documentaries that will take you back to a better time
"Personally I think the film was most successful showing Dries in his element with all his little quirks: in his house and walking in his garden, in meetings at the studio, hanging out with Patrick, or those little moments backstage at the shows, says Spencer Phipps, creative director of PHIPPS INTERNATIONAL and former menswear designer at Dries van Noten, who appears in the film.
Paris Match
01.04.2017
Dries : Un film dans les coulisses du gourou belge de la mode à imprimés
Peu de temps après son centième défilé, le styliste belge Dries Van Noten voit sa carrière mise en images par Reiner Holzemer, dans Dries.
The Observer
03.02.2017
Six Fashion Documentaries in the works you need to know about
Alexander McQueen, Dries Van Noten, Gianni Versace and Martin Margiela are all getting time on the big screen.
The Hollywood Reporter
10.12.2017
Dries Van Noten discusses new documentary, celebrity dressing
"The thing is, of course, we gave full liberty to [filmmaker] Reiner [Holzemer]," says the designer. "It was quite uncomfortable sometimes but that's the reality."
Der Standard
18.08.2017
Film über Dries Van Noten: Leid und Leidenschaft
Ein sehr persönliches Porträt des Modemachers Dries Van Noten startet in den Kinos
South China Morning Post
23.04.2018
Dries film review
Fashion designer Dries Van Noten gets superior documentary treatment
